Website: www.lbjlibrary.org/
Location: Austin, Texas (LBJ's birthplace: Johnson City, 1908)
Opened: 1971
Attendance: estimated 150,000
Admission: $8 adults; $5 seniors (admission for the library’s first 41 years was free, but since the opening on new exhibits on Dec. 22, visitors are encouraged to pay a “suggested” fee.
Bestselling gift shop biography: “Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency" by Mark K. Updegrove, LBJ Library director
Hot-selling souvenir item: a marble paperweight with the words “Can Do” etched on it. To be called a “Can Do” person was the highest compliment President and Mrs. Johnson paid people they admired.
Lesser-known facts: The LBJ Library was the first presidential library located on a university campus – the University of Texas in Austin. The library houses 45 million documents.
